§ MR. MACVEAGH (Down, S.)To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether the Local Government Board has any rule in force with regard to residence in the precincts of a workhouse of the family of which the father is master of the workhouse and the 154 mother is the matron of the same institution.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Answer is in the negative. It is not the practice of the Local Government Board to prevent the children of a master and matron from residing with their parents in the workhouse, assuming that the children are not of an age to provide for themselves. Each case is decided by the Board upon its merits.